Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
In the real world, hacking gets a bad name, what with it being immoral (except inrare, delightful instances) and illegal. But in the world of cinema, it’s a whole ‘nother ballgame. Movie hackers are fascinating folks with rich backstories, lofty ambitions, and seriously big obstacles to overcome. And oftentimes they’re the good guys, which makes ’em even cooler. Here are five classic hacker movies anyone with a computer will love, whether you’re a code-crunching computer geek, a boisterous budding blogger, or a card-carrying neophyte. (And nope, the 1995 movie Hackers didn’t make the cut — it hasn’t aged all that well.) WarGames David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) is a high school-aged hacker who unwittingly gets access to a U.S. Defense Department supercomputer. We’ve all been there — no biggie, right? The difference here is this nutty computer starts running a war simulation — one that could actually lead to real-life missile being fired at real-life Russia. Whoopsie. Sure, we’re dealing with 1983-era hardware, which looks kinda laughable by today’s standards. But the larger messages — about our over-reliance on technology, war being dumb, etc. — still resonate nicely. Bonus: unlike most of his roles from that era (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, […]
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